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The author Michael Jecks is a historian of Middle Age life in the Dartmoor area of England where Jecks lives with his family.
His wonderful books (numbering around 27 or 28) are set in a location he knows intimately and devolve from his scouring of the crime records of the time - a very interesting way to proceed, I found.
Many characters critical to the advancement of the story were invented by Jecks but others actually lived in the time of the novels. Both types are skillfully brought to life by Jecks.
I've read most of the books and found them interesting, absorbing, illuminating, and as a result of reading them I know more about the lives Middle Age 'just plain folks'. Perhaps not charming and sweet, but gritty and 'real'.
"Jecks succeeds in writing both a book which smells of the Middle Ages and yet is a detective story. No mean feat!" Crime Time
For more, visit: http://www.michaeljecks.co.uk/
His wonderful books (numbering around 27 or 28) are set in a location he knows intimately and devolve from his scouring of the crime records of the time - a very interesting way to proceed, I found.
Many characters critical to the advancement of the story were invented by Jecks but others actually lived in the time of the novels. Both types are skillfully brought to life by Jecks.
I've read most of the books and found them interesting, absorbing, illuminating, and as a result of reading them I know more about the lives Middle Age 'just plain folks'. Perhaps not charming and sweet, but gritty and 'real'.
"Jecks succeeds in writing both a book which smells of the Middle Ages and yet is a detective story. No mean feat!" Crime Time
For more, visit: http://www.michaeljecks.co.uk/
